Community Guidelines

MonkeyChat is a global community, and we're committed to creating an online space where individuals can genuinely connect with new people and make new friends, securely and safely. We created these guidelines to make sure every user has a safe and positive experience on MonkeyChat. Any violation of these guidelines may result in a permanent account ban from MonkeyChat.

We have a zero-tolerance policy for offensive content and abusive behavior. Bullying, harassment, discrimination, and inappropriate content are strictly prohibited on MonkeyChat. We take this policy very seriously and have specific moderation procedures in place for reported users and content. Users are encouraged to help keep MonkeyChat safe by reporting or blocking users who go against this policy. Reported content will be removed immediately until it is reviewed. Conversations with blocked users will be removed along with any type of profile engagement. If you see someone breaking the rules anywhere on MonkeyChat, report them using the Block/Report button, and we will take it from there.

Bullying and harassment

Nudity

Drugs and illegal activity

Spam

The age rating of MonkeyChat is 13+. Children under the age of 13 are not allowed on the app. Children under the age of 13 who attempt to sign up on our platform will be blocked. Help keep MonkeyChat safe by reporting users who you suspect are Children under the age of 13. All accounts found violating this guideline will be terminated.

MonkeyChat has a zero-tolerance policy for users promoting and/or distributing pornographic content. Saving, asking and/or threatening to post explicit content is strictly prohibited. We would also like to emphasize the uncompromising enforcement that we place regarding content involving minors. Any and all indications of child sexual exploitation are promptly reported and turned over to the authorities.

Spam, bot activity, and deceptive practices are not allowed on MonkeyChat. To enforce this policy, we do not allow images or links of any kind to be Sent in Direct Messages. Spam and bot-like messages are also flagged to our system and are blocked before they are received by the end-user. Help keep MonkeyChat safe by reporting users and content that you suspect are spam by tapping report and selecting "spam" as the reason for reporting. All accounts found violating this guideline will be terminated.

Any attempt to impersonate others is strictly prohibited. This includes any type of deception about who you are, whether it's lying about your age, your name, using someone else's photos, and any other type of deception. Help keep Partybus safe by reporting users who you suspect are pretending to be someone they're not by tapping the report and selecting "spam" or "underage" as the reason for reporting. All accounts found violating this guideline will be terminated.

Illegal activity of any nature is prohibited on MonkeyChat. Safety is our number one priority. Please do not ever engage in activity or post content of any of the following: threats, drugs, weapons, violence, underage users, sexual services, hate speech, discrimination, impersonation, selling or promoting illegal services.

Conversations in MonkeyChat take place in parties. Within each party, you can be a host, a speaker, or an audience. Below are some of the best practices for each role.

When you start a party in MonkeyChat, you are the Host. This means you are a speaker with the special power to add or remove other speakers. As a Host, you guide the conversation and have a strong influence on the content and style of conversation in the party.

Thoughtfully curate the speaker group: Great Hosts are thoughtful about who they invite to speak, and try to include diverse people, personalities, and perspectives. A Host can decide to run a "party party" with a lot of speakers, or a fireside chat with just a couple. All types of parties can work, and it’s up to each Host to develop their own style.

Actively manage the conversation: Some speakers are comfortable talking at length, while others are more reserved. Hosts can be a positive, balancing force, asking the quieter speakers to share their perspectives and posing questions to the group.

Consider the audience experience: Audiences enjoy joining the stage to ask questions, participate in the discussion, or even offer feedback in real-time. Take their questions when appropriate, or feel free to focus on the current speakers—it’s totally up to you. When you do take questions, it’s okay to return an Audience to the audience after the question is answered.

Speakers are the people in a party who have the ability to talk. By default, the person who starts the party is a speaker, and so is the first person to join them on stage. Everyone else joins in the audience as an Audience, and must be invited up if they wish to speak. Successful speakers tend to:

Share the stage: Few conversations in MonkeyChat look like a one-on-one interview. Most begin with one speaker and expand to three, five, or, even dozens of speakers. "Sharing the stage" and taking turns speaking expands the breadth and depth of conversation and brings in diverse voices.

Know when to mute (and unmute): When you’re not actively speaking it’s generally good to tap the mute button in the lower right to minimize background noise. But strategically unmuting is just as important! This means going off mute for a few seconds to laugh, acknowledge what the speaker said, signal that you want to speak next, or just be more present in "hangout" style conversations.

Bow out anytime: Feel free to leave the speaker section anytime without feeling judged, either by going back to the audience or exiting the party using the "Leave quietly" button.

When you tap to join an existing conversation, you enter the audience on mute. This means you are an Audience!

As an Audience on MonkeyChat, you should relax and enjoy the conversation. In other words:

Don’t feel pressure to speak: Feel free to remain an Audience even if you're invited to speak; there is no obligation to accept.

Raise your hand to chime in: If you want to join the conversation, just raise your hand by tapping the button in the lower right to let the Host know that you’d like to be added as a speaker. If they don’t accept right away, don’t be offended. They may get lots of requests and can’t always get to all of them.

Discover new people: While you’re listening, tap around and learn more about the people in the party. It’s a good way to find new people to follow.

Feel free to browse other parties: While present in a party, feel free to explore the list of other active parties to see what strikes you as interesting.

Enjoy multitasking: Don’t worry about splitting your attention between MonkeyChat and work, hobbies, chores, or an evening walk.

Pull your friends aside to chat: See a friend in the audience you want to catch up with? Tap on their profile and ask them to start a new party together.

Come and go at will: On MonkeyChat, ghosting isn’t a bad thing! You can drop in and out of parties as you please without worrying about offending anyone. You won’t set off any alerts when you go.

We take these Community Guidelines seriously and ask that you follow them in the spirit in which they are intended. We further recognize that these guidelines must continually evolve, so please do contact us with questions, suggestions, or comments

support@monkeychat.app

Thank you for reading, and for helping us build an amazing community!

Team MonkeyChat